How to re install snow leopard after bad lion installation

I installed Lion but it's a nightmare I want to re install snow leopard. How can I do this? I have time machine !
Thanks

Robert Farthing wrote:
Switch off your computer, hold down the option key (usually the key between the ctrl and the cmd keys).
Keeping a finger on the option key, press the start button.
Keep holding the option key as the computer re-boots.
Eventually you will be presented with some options on the screen, one of them will be to restore from Time Machine.
No, you missed a step. You'll see the Recovery HD as one of the options. From that, you can reinstall Lion or restore a Lion Time Machine backup.
But do not use that procedure to restore a Snow Leopard backup; instead, use the procedure in #14 of Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions.

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Julian Brown wrote:
As a keen Mac-user (but by no means a technical expert) I would like my Snow Leopard experience to be as painless as possible, so how best to install it please and at the same time eliminate my old Leopard problems outlined above?
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